Phpredis: Persistent connections using Session Handler

[koleo]

I intend to use RedisCluster as my PHP session storage backend, using the native "rediscluster" session handler from PHPRedis library.

I plan to use persistent connections (using ?persistent=1 parameter in session.save_path).

I just wonder why this option is marked as "experimental" in documentation:

persistent (integer, should be 1 or 0): defines if a persistent connection should be used. (experimental setting)

Should I expect problems using persistent connections in session handler? Or is it just a very old comment I should ignore...

[michael-grunder]

I just added that it was experimental when I initially added the functionality. That being said, we don't use Redis Cluster in production so perhaps others could comment on their experience using persistent connections for cluster.

[koleo]

Thank you for your reply.

It seems that although _Redis_ is widely used around the world for multiple use cases, _Redis Cluster_ does not seem very widespread.

I hope that PHPRedis is stable enough for use over a Redis cluster in production though...

[dsnytech-egplusww]

@koleo do you have any updates on how this has worked out for you? It's been a little over a year, do you have any experience to share? thank you!

[koleo]

Hi @dsnytech-egplusww
I have not much information to share about phpredis over a Redis Cluster because I ended up with Redis (not Redis Cluster) in master-slave mode, which finally met my needs.